Yesterday, Alijah spoke only to confirm his name and that he was now living at his Station Street West Surgery in Foleshill.

He had already denied the charge of common assault.

Malik, 31, of Oliver Street, Coventry, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of common assault by beating against Syed and Azmat Rizvi and a further charge of using violence to secure entry into the Balsall Common home.

City health trust NHS Coventry ordered Alijah to stop treating NHS patients at the Foleshill Medical Centre earlier this year after he was charged by police.

At the time it said the suspension was a neutral act aimed at protecting all the parties and said it had made arrangements to ensure continuity of care for practice patients.